Last Saturday, Husb, dd and I went to a fundraiser. It was optional fancy dress....
Since the band were called Glambuster you can guess the theme was GLAM!!!
Husb was a brilliant sport wearing this get-up and wig and I thought dd looked gorgeous!!
Below, we are at the venue, in front of the Charity information board...
I wore purple contact lenses and fake funky eyelashes (yep it was tricky to see anything!! and dd was pretending to bash me with the blow up guitar prop!! like you do)...
Below we were drawing the raffle in the band's break between sets...
A while ago, in the post 'New Beginnings' I explained all about what the children were doing now (ie University, College and school) and at the end I mentioned that I was starting something new aswell. I have been helping an old friend with her African Charity, called 'Free 2 Be'. We've been fundraising since last Summer and we are leaving today for a month's trip to Kenya. I went in 2005 and never thought I'd ever get to go back. Well, it's been a lot of work preparing for this trip and now it's finaly here. Folks have given generously... clothing, toys, educational equipment, sewing and knitting supplies and cameras and mobile phones. Below I will include some photos taken in Kenya. Mainly I am super excited to be visiting lots of schools, helping the orphans and helping Kate run a 5 day business course to set up 60 individuals with micro-businesses.
Here is the school in Webuye...
Key stage One classroom...
Key stage Two classroom...
Many of the children are orphans. We plan to buy land and build a brick built school. At present this little school is bursting at the seams so we will add another room as a short term fix, but it has no electricity or water or proper toilets. And no equipment at all. we are taking books, pencils, learning resources etc.
Below is another member of the team going out to Kenya for the month. She visited a rubbish dump on her previous trip to Kenya and we will be visiting the school near there too...
The local school at Nakuru...
Dinnertime in the Nakuru school...
I leave in about half an hour so just time to post this and grab all my stuff. It's not easy sharing about Kenya. Many times I tried to blog and it just wouldn't flow. I feel so privileged to be able to go to Kenya and make a difference in people's lives. So very privileged.
I feel very proud of you. You're gonna bless a lot of people.
Posted by: BMcK | January 17, 2012 at 12:11 PM
I know you will have already left when I post this, but I wish you all the best on your trip. So happy you are getting to do this. Look forward to hearing about it when you get back.
Posted by: Chipper | January 19, 2012 at 12:07 PM